Google Chrome Alert
2955Warning Date
Severity Level
Warning Number
Target Sector
23 August, 2023
● High
2023-5744
All
Description:
Google has released a security updates to address several vulnerabilities in Chrome browser for Windows, Mac and Linux.
Threats:
Attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by doing the following:
- Use-After-Free
- Out-of-bounds Memory Access
Best practice and Recommendations:
The CERT team encourages users to update the browser 116.0.5845.110 for Mac and Linux, 116.0.5845.110/.111 for Windows, and Chrome 116 (116.0.5845.114) for Android, for more details, please follow the below links:
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/08/chrome-desktop-stable-update.html
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/08/chrome-for-android-update_22.html
The browser supports automatic updating to the latest available version.
Update Instruction:
- Open Chrome.
- At the top right, click More » Help » About Google Chrome
- The current version number is the series of numbers beneath the "Google Chrome" heading
- Chrome will check for updates when you are on this page
- Click Relaunch to apply any available update
- Click Restart